06-02-2011, 09:03 AM
It's not necessarily your graphics card, especially if your keyboard and mouse are freezing. I had a similar problem a few years ago and it ended up
being one of the chips on the motherboard that was fried. To rule it out though, if you by chance have another graphics card (or as a test you are
willing to buy a cheap one), you could swap one for the other and see what happens. If the problem persists with a different compatible card, then
it's probably the motherboard and then it's time to back up the HDD and buy an new CPU.
Also, have you tried booting in Safe Mode? If that works, it might be a corrupted driver or similar software issue. In that case, go to your
graphics card manufacturer's website and download the latest drivers and install them. It's worth a try anyway if you haven't done so already.
One other thing you could try is to do a System Restore back to a point prior to when this started happening (again, try this from Safe Mode). If you
have such a point to restore to and this ends up being just a software issue, restoring it should fix the problem. Again, it might not work, but
worth a try if feasible for your system. Keep in mind that this changes your registry to what it looked like back then, so you may have to reinstall
any software that was installed since then. Your personal files shouldn't be affected though.
Good luck!
being one of the chips on the motherboard that was fried. To rule it out though, if you by chance have another graphics card (or as a test you are
willing to buy a cheap one), you could swap one for the other and see what happens. If the problem persists with a different compatible card, then
it's probably the motherboard and then it's time to back up the HDD and buy an new CPU.
Also, have you tried booting in Safe Mode? If that works, it might be a corrupted driver or similar software issue. In that case, go to your
graphics card manufacturer's website and download the latest drivers and install them. It's worth a try anyway if you haven't done so already.
One other thing you could try is to do a System Restore back to a point prior to when this started happening (again, try this from Safe Mode). If you
have such a point to restore to and this ends up being just a software issue, restoring it should fix the problem. Again, it might not work, but
worth a try if feasible for your system. Keep in mind that this changes your registry to what it looked like back then, so you may have to reinstall
any software that was installed since then. Your personal files shouldn't be affected though.
Good luck!